"shtick" in the noun sense

1. shtik, shtick, schtik, schtick

Yiddish) a little a piece

"give him a shtik cake"

"he's a shtik crazy"

"he played a shtik Beethoven"

2. shtik, schtik, shtick, schtick

Yiddish) a contrived and often used bit of business that a performer uses to steal attention

"play it straight with no shtik"

3. shtik, schtik, shtick, schtick

Yiddish) a prank or piece of clowning

"his shtik made us laugh"

4. shtik, schtik, shtick, schtick

Yiddish) a devious trick a bit of cheating

"how did you ever fall for a shtik like that?"

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